Greensboro, N.C. — Since the day TV cameras caught Scott Shafer lobbing a colorful expletive across the field toward Clemson coach Dabo Swinney last fall, some fans and media types have latched onto a narrative that the two coaches hold a smidgeon of resentment toward each other.

Sure, it's college football and fun to bring up from time to time, and there was a good chance somebody would rehash the F-bomb incident during the ACC Football Kickoff, the grandest and most public stage Shafer and Swinney have shared since then.

But anyone hoping the incident would spill over into the 2014 season will sadly be disappointed. Shafer and Swinney have cleared the air and have even made light of the whole thing this offseason with their wives when they met in Amelia Island, Fla. earlier this spring for coaches meetings.

"We got to Amelia Island for the coaches meetings, and Missy and I were in the rental car pulling up and Dabo and his wife were walking and I said, 'Hey, there's Dabo. Let's go mess with him,' " Shafer said. "So I pulled up alongside of him. I don't remember what I said. I yelled at him or something out the window. He looked at me and they started laughing."

Swinney said he was not aware of the incident until he found Shafer waiting for him in the Clemson locker room to apologize. With Swinney's son in the room, Shafer "went right back through it verbatim," Swinney said.

"My son was over there going — but I was like, wow, you were really mad," Swinney said.

"I was getting my (butt) kicked and got frustrated and yelled across the field like an immature 16-year-old," Shafer said Monday here at ACC media days. "And I didn't have the cover of the press box to cover me up on that day."

Shafer's daughter, Elsa, tweeted a picture of the two coaches on Monday. It was taken during that trip to Amelia Island as a light-hearted gesture to show her that the coaches "really like each other," Swinney said.

"I shot it back to Elsa and I said, 'See, me and Dabo get along just fine,' " Shafer said.

"I'd love for him to be yelling at me across the field when it's 35-7 and I'm making a decision. So, that's the goal."